LINGUIST List 21.4496 Tue Nov 09 2010 Calls: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, General Ling/USA Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Carrie Bramlet , 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics Message 1: 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics Date: 07-Nov-2010 From: Carrie Bramlet <Carrie2044aol.com> Subject: 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics Date: 17-Feb-2011 - 19-Feb-2011 Location: Gainesville, USA Contact Person: Ana Diaz Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): Catalan-Valencian-Balear; Portuguese; Spanish Call Deadline: 03-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: The graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Florida cordially invite submissions for their 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures on February 17-19, 2011. The colloquium will bring together graduate students and professors from a wide variety of disciplines.The colloquium is focused on linguistics and literature of the Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan languages, and Latin American Studies, but is open to other fields of humanities, including the following: Anthropology, Psychology, Art History, Business, History, International Relations, Journalism, Law, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Telecommunications, Geography, Women’s Studies, and film. The colloquium will have the honor of featuring five distinguished keynote speakers: Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Ph.D Associate Professor (Reader) in Spanish University of Plymouth Plymouth, UK Marío Bellatin Mexican writer Xavier Villaurrutia Poetry Award (2000) Mazatlán Literature Poetry Award (2008) George Esenwein, Ph.D Associate Professor Department of History University of Florida Pepa Úbeda Catalan Poet Miquel de Palol Award (2010) Benet Rivas Award (2009) Alfredo Suppia, Ph.D (tentative) Professor of Film Institute of Art and Design Federal University of Juiz de Foras Minas Geráis, Brazil Call For Papers Please send your one-page, single-spaced abstract of approximately 250 words with title attached as an MS-Word document to coloquioufgmail.com by January 3, 2011. Abstracts and papers can be submitted in English, Spanish, Portuguese or Catalan. Specify in the subject line whether your abstract is intended for Linguistics, Literature, or Humanities in general, and whether it is written in English, Spanish, Portuguese or Catalan. For example: Submission Linguistics Catalan. Please be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation and email address. The selection committee will respond to proposals as soon as possible. All presentations will have a 20-minute limit. A $30 donation would be greatly appreciated to help offset the costs of the colloquium. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 09-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.